ECON 6560 - Gender and Economic Development in the Third World

Meets with ECON 5560. Graduate students should register for ECON 6560 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Cross-listed as WM ST 5560. The impact of economic development on the gender division of labor and gender-based control over resources in the Third World. Case studies of rural transformation and agricultural development, rural-urban migration, urbanization and industrialization, economic crisis and population growth. Examines policies and political struggles aimed at overthrowing gender bias in development processes.